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Ridpath, Ian

 
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Offers information about all eighty-eight constellations of the Northern and Southern skies and provides simple star charts for easy identification.

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Ian Ridpath is the author or editor of more than forty books, including the Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy, the Collins Encyclopedia of the Universe, Norton's Star Atlas, The Monthly Sky Guide, and Gem Stars. Wil Tirion is the world's leading celestial mapmaker and the illustrator of many books, including The Monthly Sky Guide and Gem Stars.

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Praise for previous editions: "Ridpath and Tirion are an unbeatable team. Ridpath writes concisely and movingly about the sky, and Tirion's charts are beautifully done and easy to follow. This is a superb guide to the night sky."--David H. Levy, codiscoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet

Praise for previous editions: "A concise and beautifully illustrated guide to the sky's best sights, and to the science behind them."--Mitchell Begelman, author ofTurn Right at Orion: Travels through the Cosmos

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